Paalak Paneer Spinach with Indian cottage cheese – Side dish for chapathy

palak paneer is one of the famous Punjabi dish which is having as a side for chapathy , poori. This is made with palak or spinach leaves with paneer. In Tamil, palak is called as Pasalai keerai. This is having a lot of health benefits. Spinach is a bunch of Nutrients like Vitamins, minerals, etc.. It helps to reduce weight because, it is fat free, cholesterol free and very less calories. It keeps you young hence spinach helps to reduce the old age problems. It will be very helpful for high BP people. Palak paneer is a very tasty dish for all kind of people. A healthy side dish with the combination of green and white color…. Wow!.. Very nice and tasty….Must try…

Basic information :

Preparation time

:

10 Mins

Cooking time

:

20 Mins

Serve for

:

4 Persons

Ingredients :

To grind

:

Spinach

:

1 Bunch

Green chilly

:

3 Nos

Ginger

:

1 Inch

Garlic

:

3 Cloves

For Gravy

:

Oil

:

2 Tsp

Onion

:

2 Nos

Fennel seeds

:

1/4 Tsp

Tomato puree

:

3 Tsp

Turmeric powder

:”

1/4 Tsp

Cumin powder

:

1/2 Tsp

Garam masala

:

1/2 Tsp

Salt

:

To taste

Paneer

:

50 Gm

Method :

Separate the spinach or palak leaves from the stem and allow it to boil with adding 1 teaspoon of sugar and salt. (Sugar is optional.If we add sugar, the spinach colour will not be change).

After the leaves boiled, drain the water and grind it as paste with adding grinding ingredients when getting cool.